KNIGHTLY NEWS PRAYER. Vivat Jesu, Jim ST. ALBAN ROE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL INSIDE THIS ISSUE

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1 ST. ALBAN ROE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL KNIGHTLY NEWS PRAYER Call to order, a rap of the gavel, the chatter quiets down and a few Brother Knights are just entering Mary s Room where Council General meeting begins. What a wonderful name for a room, Mary s Room and how fortunate we are to have this room for our meetings. The Warden verifies that all present have valid membership cards and a roll call of the Officers is taken. Once we are sure that no strangers are amongst us, the most important part of the meeting takes place. We all rise in prayer. We used to kneel in prayer, but that proved cumbersome and the clicking of arthritic knees was analogous to finger nails on the chalk board. Besides, I became concerned that some Knights would not be able to get back up. Normally we start with the Lord s Prayer, the Our Father. What better prayer than the one Jesus gave us. The sound of 40 plus men reciting the Our Father in unison is spiritually up lifting. Take time to listen at the next meeting, the power of prayer. It reaches inside you as it focuses you on what is important and the reason for our being all together in the room named after the Blessed Mother. I chose to write about the first five minutes of our meeting to emphasize the importance of prayer. How necessary it is to keep us grounded and focused on the task at hand. Truthfully, I have never been much of a prayer person. Oh, I have had my one on one talks with God, usually in time of need but not the routine prayer. Not the, Let Us Pray or it is now time for prayer. My appreciation for prayer has come from my fellow parishioners. Those who I know who have a more prayerful life seem happy and that is what I seek, to be happy. Being pray filled takes work, diligence and humility. It will make you a better listener. For me, this is a work in progress. I chose this subject for the newsletter because at a parish Meeting of Ministries the topic was small changes that we can make in our parish to deepen our faith and community. We decided that the first small change we are going to focus on is increased prayer. Therefore, over the next four months you will see emphasize on prayer amongst the community. We, council as members and supporters of our parish will be part of this worthy initiative. I invite us all to have more prayer in our life, especially over the next four months. Make prayer a part of the many task we do together. Talk about it, spread the word and pray on it. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Ides Of March..2 Lecturer Msg.3 March Birthdays. 3 Wedding Anniversary. 3 Membership...4 Council Events..4 4th Degree Liaison.5 Knights In Action.5 St. Patrick's Day...5 Vivat Jesu, Jim

2 THE IDES OF MARCH? March 15 is the Ides of March. But there's no need to be on guard. Julius Caesar probably should have been. But then, he blew off the soothsayer who told him to "beware the Ides of March" in the first act of Shakespeare's play. You might remember from English class that things didn't go so well for him. What if Shakespeare's soothsayer had simply said, "Watch out a month from now!" Would anybody remember the line? "Ides of March" has a better ring to it. And yet all it means is "halfway through the month." Ides comes from an old Latin verb iduare, which meant "to divide." It was the Roman term for the day that came in the middle of each month. Every month has an Ides. March had 31 days, so the Ides of March is on March 15. Julius actually got several warnings. Later on in the play there's a big storm. To find out what it means, he sends a servant to get priests to sacrifice animals and read the omens in their entrails. Their message is even clearer: Don't go out. In best horror movie fashion he ignores them and, like an idiot, goes out. So it's no surprise when Brutus and some other conspirators waylay him on the steps of the Capitol and stab him to death. But unless it's 44 B.C., you're a Roman Consul and ignoring omens right and left, you should be just fine. Elizabeth Weise, USATODAY Published 9:58 a.m. ET March 15, 2017 Updated 1:32 p.m. ET March 15,

3 MEMBERSHIP NEWS THE 2019 MEMBERSHIP CARDS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING 3/4/19. TO BE ABLE TO KEEP YOU INFORMED ABOUT ALL THE EXCITING NEWS FROM THE COUNCIL, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE HAVE YOUR CURRENT AND MAILING ADDRESS. IF YOU HAVE MOVED OR CHANGED YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE SEND YOUR CHANGES TO RON RONKRENTZ1@GMAIL.COM MARCH BIRTHDAYS 1. CARL WILLIAMS 5. PAUL ARWAY 5. CHRIS HARTNET 6. TOM WARRINGTON 8. FRANK DUNNE 13. BRIAN HANDRIGAN 17. PAT MEUNCKS 18. STEVE MAYER 18. DAVID WENDEL 21. ANTHONY REINER 24. TOM MUELLER 26. ROBERT ERUSHA 26. JOHN SHELLEY 27. GARY SCHROEDER 28. MARK O DONNELL 30. JIM RINGLAND MESSAGE FROM OUR LECTURER LOREN TRAVIS SAUNDERS At our meeting last week, I mentioned Dinner with a Perfect Stranger, a short novel about an executive having dinner with Jesus. He asks Jesus if there is a hell. Yes Jesus replies. Then he asks, Why does God send people to hell? Jesus tells him that people send themselves to hell by choosing something other than God as the center of their lives. Bishop Barron offered this reflection earlier in February and I think he is saying the same thing to us. Just so you can t miss it, I ve bolded the point. FIFTH SUNDAY (February 4) IN ORDINARY TIME LUKE 5:1-11 Friends, today s Gospel gives us the story of the miraculous draught of fishes. In many ways, the whole of the spiritual life can be read off of this piece. Without being invited, Jesus simply gets into the fisherman s boat. This is to insinuate himself in the most direct way into Simon s life. And without further ado, he begins to give orders, first asking Simon to put out from the shore and then to go out into the deep. This represents the invasion of grace. The single most important decision that you will ever make is this: Will you cooperate with Jesus once he decides to get into your boat? WEDDING ANNIVERSATY IN MARCH 23RD RON & MARGIE KRENTZ In many ways, everything else in your life is secondary, is commentary. When the Lord Jesus Christ gets into your boat, he will always lead you to the depths. Duc in altum (into the deep), as St. John Paul II loved to quote. More dangerous? Yes. More exciting? Yes. Now, mind you, the depths we re talking about here are spiritual depths. The excitement we re talking about is the true excitement that comes from spiritual transformation. The depths have nothing to do with what the world considers important or exciting. 3

4 MEMBERSHIP... EVERYONE WHO HAS PAID THEIR 2019 DUES, YOUR MEMBERSHIP CARD WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE MARCH GENERAL MEETING. IF YOU PAY YOUR 2019 DUES AT THE MEETING, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE YOUR CARD THAT NIGHT. COUNCIL EVENTS IN MARCH. 4. GENERAL MTG 6. ASH WEDNESDAY 7. ADORATION 8. FISH FRY 9. FELICE CUORES 14. ADORATION 15. FISH FRY 17. ST. PATRICKS DAY 21. ADORATION 22. FISH FRY 25. OFFICERS MEETING 28. ADORATION 29. FISH FRY 4

5 4TH DEGREE HOLY SPIRIT ASSEMBLY EVENTS 3/2 4TH DEGREE EXEMPLIFICATION NOON 3/13 O/D INCARNATE WORD 7 PM 3/27 GENERAL HOLY INFANT 7 PM KNIGHTS IN ACTION PHOTO S 5

6 ST. PATRICK S DAY St. Patrick's Day Facts What is St Patrick's Day? St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is a widely known historic figure and arguably the most famous patron saint of a country. St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on his birthday, which is accepted to be 17 March. Facts about St Patrick's Day The largest St. Patrick's Day Parade is not held in Ireland. That honor belongs to New York City, where the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade draws more than a million spectators each year. Although many people wear some form of green in honor of St. Patrick's Day, green was once considered an unlucky color in Ireland. St. Patrick's Day is a national holiday in the Caribbean nation of Montserrat. The city of Montreal, Canada, uses a shamrock in its city flag. There are roughly 35 million U.S. residents of Irish ancestry. That number is nearly 9 times the population of Ireland. Blue was the original color associated with St. Patrick. In Ireland, St. Patrick's Day has traditionally been a religious occasion. Until the 1970s, many stores and pubs were closed. Laws were changed in The first recorded St. Patrick's Day parade didn't actually take place in Ireland, when on 17 March 1762, Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through New York City. St. Patrick is not the only patron saint of Ireland, both 'Brigid of Kildare' and 'Columba' are officially recognized as such. The best day to find money on the streets of New York is 18 March: the day after St. Patrick's Day St. Patrick's Day only became a public holiday in Ireland in 1903, under the Bank Holiday (Ireland) Act 1903, an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament introduced by the Irish MP James O'Mara. Johnny Cash wrote the popular song 'Forty Shades of Green'. The idea came to him as he looked down while flying over Ireland. Nine men of Irish ancestry signed the Declaration of Independence.